Here's an illustration of how it works.

]]>Alan Whitehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/sorry-ladies-there-probably-isnt-going-to-be-a-female-orgasmMon, 10 Mar 2014 11:32:10 -0400<b>Stand down, everyone.</b>alanwhitenonadultnonadult(who probably need to use a different stock photo service).nonadultA machine that claims to deliver an orgasm at the push of a button has been patented in the U.S., but in order to tap into such convenient pleasure, there is some pain.
The machine is designed to be a medical implant and includes an implant a little smaller than a packet of cigarettes, requiring an operation. It uses electrodes to trigger an orgasm.nonadultnonadultNorth Caroline surgeon Stuart Meloy told New Scientist how he conjured up the idea while performing a procedure on a female patient.
I was placing the electrodes and suddenly the woman started exclaiming emphatically," he said. "I asked her what was up and she said, &#39;You&#39;re going to have to teach my husband to do that&#39;.nonadultnonadultBut as the <i>New Scientist's</i> update makes clear, the year in question is, um, <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn397-pushbutton-pleasure.html#.Ux3QX-d_tU7">2001</a>.
So what&#39;s happened in the intervening 13 years?
Well, the research both stories are based on was actually published in <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1525-1403.2006.00040.x/abstract">2006</a>. It concluded: "Pleasurable genital stimulation of the spinal cord is a consistently reproducible phenomenon. In a subset of the population studied, improvement in orgasmic function was noted. This was noted in the group with secondary orgasmic dysfunction."
Meloy <a href="http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6169924.html">patented</a> the device and <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/54401/orgasmatron/">appeared on television</a> to talk about it.nonadultThe results strongly hinted that [some] individuals&#39; problem lay in their brain wiring rather than in their peripheral nerves or organs. Since the organs would have been sending the same signals the device did, albeit at a lower intensity, they were ruled out. Thus the device clearly could not help everybody, but it could help those whose sex organs had been damaged or rendered dysfunctional, as well as those whose bodies precluded normal sex for a host of other reasons, such as a steadily worsening physical disability.nonadultA Minneapolis-based company called Medtronic is set to conduct the medical trials but Mr Meloy said that the treatment is intended to be used in the most serious cases of orgasmic dysfunction because it is as invasive as a pacemaker.nonadultMedtronic is not involved in any research regarding sexual dysfunction, and we have no device intended for this indication.nonadultIt&#39;s a private health company that deals with chronic pain.
Given he&#39;s been chasing the dream for over a decade, it looks unlikely we&#39;ll be seeing the "Orgasmatron" any time soon.nonadultThe Slightest Touchhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/the-slightest-touch

A device for women that stimulates the body’s sexual nerve pathway to bring her to the brink of an orgasm without actually providing one.

]]>Peggy Wanghttps://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/the-slightest-touchThu, 07 Aug 2008 14:59:11 -0400A device for women that stimulates the body's sexual nerve pathway to bring her to the brink of an orgasm without actually providing one.peggyadult